December 5th, 2024: Kash Patel Targeted By Iran & EU Governments Collapse
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Who is Kash Patel and why was he targeted?
We've got the details. Later in the show, France's government collapses following a no-confidence vote against its prime minister, and that's just weeks after the fall of the German government. Plus, just hours after the dramatic martial law declaration, opposition parties are moving to impeach the president of South Korea. And in today's Back of the Brief, a shocking murder in New York City, right there in Midtown, as the CEO of America's largest insurance provider is fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel. But first, today's BDB Spotlight. We'll begin with Iran as we learn of a fresh effort by cyber operatives within the Islamic regime to compromise the communications of members of the incoming Trump administration. Intelligence officials familiar with the situation told CNN on Wednesday that Kash Patel, Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, was the latest victim of a recent Iranian hack.
Now, it was not immediately clear when the hack took place or how successful it was, though anonymous sources said they believe the hackers gained access to at least some of Patel's private communications. A spokesman for the Trump transition team declined to directly comment on the situation, but praised Patel as a key part of Trump's first term maximum pressure campaign against, quote, the terrorist Iranian regime. As a reminder, Patel served in Trump's National Security Council, serving as an advisor to the acting director of national intelligence and later as chief of staff to former Defense Secretary Chris Miller. Officials with the FBI, who informed Patel of the breach on Tuesday, also declined to comment, but pointed reporters to a previous statement issued back in August that said they are actively monitoring, quote, activities to compromise former President Trump's campaign by Iran. He's just the latest member. That's Kash Patel, of course, I'm referring to.
He's just the latest member of Trump's inner circle to be targeted by Iranian hackers in recent months. Back in June, hackers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, managed to breach the Trump campaign through a phishing email that targeted Trump ally Roger Stone. They successfully stole internal campaign documents, including a vetting document prepared on Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. The Iranian hackers subsequently distributed the stolen documents to American media outlets and members of the Harris campaign in a brazen attempt to tip the scales of the U.S. presidential election.
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